Is it illegal to make a video jukebox? [closed]

I want to put my DVDs on a NAS so I can have a video jukebox and play movies without having to set up a hardware player and stick the disk in.

However, when I talked to a video handling company about doing this work, they said they cannot work with "copyrighted material". This is the United States.

Is it illegal to put movies I own on a NAS? If it is not, why would the video company refuse?

Best Answer

Ok, with the usual disclaimer that we're not here to offer legal advice, and we don't actually know the territory you live in.

First of all the material you are considering copying is covered by Copyright law in most parts of the world, which on its own might make copying a movie onto a NAS illegal (even one that you have purchased and still own).

However in addition to this it is explicitly illegal in the USA to circumvent the DRM (copy protection) built into most DVD and Blu-Ray content. This law alone will make the video handling company unable to do this work.

Please see 17 U.S. Code § 1201 - part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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How do you make a jukebox video?

Digital Music Full size jukeboxes will either feature an encoding program which you can use to load your favourite CD's or downloads or will require a music subscription from a music provider that can be installed via an Ethernet internet connection or update CD that is loaded via CD-ROM drive.

Can you put songs on a jukebox?

In 1918, Hobart C. Niblack created a device that automatically changed records, leading to one of the first selective jukeboxes being introduced in 1927 by the Automated Musical Instrument Company.

Who invented the jukebox in 1920?

CD jukeboxes hold an average of 100 CDs. Just think of the many CDs you already own that will jump start the musical selection you will be able to offer your patrons.

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